Long-term outcomes of closed reduction and percutaneous pinning for the treatment of distal radius fractures.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to review the long-term outcomes of patients with distal radius fractures treated with closed reduction and percutaneous pinning.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 54 patients with 55 AO type A2, A3, C1, or C2 distal radius fractures treated with closed reduction and percutaneous pinning. The average age of the patients was 57 years.

Carpal dislocations.

Carpal dislocations are rare but devastating injuries. They most often occur from high-energy trauma such a motor vehicle accidents, falls from a height, or industrial-related accidents. Encompassing a spectrum of pathology, these injuries include perilunate dislocations, transcarpal fracture-dislocations, radiocarpal dislocations, axial or longitudinal dislocations, and the rare isolated carpal bone dislocations.